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John Alden CarpenterCollection

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Collection SummaryTitle: John Alden Carpenter CollectionSpan Dates: 1891-1961Bulk Dates: (bulk 1900-1949)Call No.: ML31.C34Creator: Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951Extent: circa 1,700 items ; 12 boxes ; 5 linear feetLanguage: Collection material in EnglishLocation: Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Summary: The papers of the John Alden Carpenter Collection, which span the years 1891 to1961, consist of music, correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other printedmaterials. The bulk of the collection is the musical materials, primarily holograph manuscripts ofCarpenter's songs, orchestral pieces, and dramatic works. The holograph manuscripts the songsinclude not only his better-known works but also many that have never been published.Carpenter's chamber and orchestral works are well represented also. For many works thatCarpenter later arranged or revised, the collection contains both the original and at least onerevision. A number of the printed scores of Carpenter's music in the collection feature holographannotations or alterations. The bulk of the correspondence in the collection consists of lettersfrom Carpenter to Ellen Borden (Mrs. John Borden, also addressed as Mrs. Waller Borden), whobecame Carpenter's second wife in 1933. This correspondence dates from approximately 1910 to1935, and although the letters are largely personal in nature, they do contain mention of variousspecific compositions and productions. The remaining correspondence is that written toCarpenter by various colleagues and friends, including George Whitefield Chadwick, PercyGrainger, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, and Walter Damrosch. There is also considerablecorrespondence from the 1940's between Carpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer. Carpenter'swritings in the collection consist primarily of his program notes for works such as Adventures ina perambulator, Skyscrapers, The eeven ages, and the song cycle Gitanjali, as well as the stageworks Krazy Kat and The birthday of the infanta. Many of the typescript texts for songs anddramatic works include emendations in Carpenter's hand as well. Numerous photographs andwatercolors of the sets and costumes of Carpenter's stage productions are included. Theremainder of the collection consists of a variety of biographical materials, programs, andclippings. Three large scrapbooks include not only clippings and programs but also photographsfrom the stage productions and letters received by Carpenter.

Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library'sonline catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, andby occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

PeopleCarpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951--Correspondence.Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951.Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951.Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951. Selections.Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931--Correspondence.Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950--Correspondence.Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961--Correspondence.Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942--Correspondence.Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977--Correspondence.

OrganizationsG. Schirmer, Inc.--Correspondence.

John Alden Carpenter Collection 2

TitlesCarpenter collection, 1891-1961

Administrative InformationProvenance

Gift of Carpenter and his wife, Ellen Waller Carpenter, between 1932 and 1962.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Processing History

The John Alden Carpenter Collection was processed in 1993 by Claudia J. Widgery. This FindingAid was prepared with Corel WordPerfect 8. In 2003, Michael A. Ferrando coded and edited thefinding aid for EAD format.

Copyright Status

The status of copyright on the materials of the John Alden Carpenter Collection is governed bythe Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Access and Restrictions

The John Alden Carpenter Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact thePerforming Arts Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advancenotice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Certain restrictions to use or copying ofmaterials may apply.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: containernumber, John Alden Carpenter Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical SketchJohn Alden Carpenter was born in 1876 in Park Ridge, Illinois. His earliest musical studies werewith Amy Fay and W.C.E. Seeboeck in Chicago and J.K. Paine at Harvard University, from whichhe graduated in 1897. Other musical studies included a few lessons with Edward Elgar in Romein 1906 and four years of study with Bernhard Ziehn in Chicago (1908-12), with subsequentstudies under Ziehn disciple Julius Gold in the years that followed. Like his father, Carpenter wasby profession in the shipping business, serving as vice-president of the family firm George B.Carpenter & Co. until he retired in 1936 to devote himself entirely to music.

Carpenter's musical compositions include both songs and orchestral concert and stage works.His earliest orchestral work, Adventures in a Perambulator, was written in 1914 and was thefirst of many successes. The ballet Skyscrapers (1923-24), performed at the Metropolitan OperaHouse in 1926, was one of the first attempts at a literal depiction of modern American urban life,and thus has been accorded a certain historical significance. Other stage works include a "jazzpantomime" entitled Krazy Kat (1921), based on the comic strip by George Herriman, and aballet-pantomime with Spanish overtones, The Birthday of the Infanta (1917). Carpenter was alsoconsidered an outstanding composer of songs; of particular note are the song cycles Gitanjali(1913, orchestrated 1934), a setting of a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, andWater-colors (1916, orchestrated 1918), based on the writings of Confucius and other Chinesepoets. Carpenter's commissions include Song of Faith (1932) for the George Washington


Bicentennial in 1932, and the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissions of his String Quartet(1927) and Piano Quintet (1934).

Carpenter was a highly successful composer in his day, being named a Knight of the FrenchLegion of Honor (1921) and receiving such honors as the Gold Medal of the National Institute ofArts and Letters. He also received honorary degrees from Harvard University, NorthwesternUniversity, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Conservatory of Music.

Scope and Content NoteThe papers of the John Alden Carpenter Collection, which span the years 1891 to 1961, consist ofmusic, correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other printed materials. Thebulk of the collection is the musical materials, primarily holograph manuscripts of Carpenter'ssongs, orchestral pieces, and dramatic works. The holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songsare perhaps the most remarkable feature of the collection, as they include not only his better-known works but also many that have never been published. Notable among these are numerousunpublished youthful works, such as "Brother," "My Red Hair," and "My Horror," as well asseveral songs from the cycles Gitanjali and Water-Colors. Carpenter's chamber and orchestralworks are well represented also. For many works that Carpenter later arranged or revised, thecollection contains both the original and at least one revision. The materials for Birthday of theInfanta, for example, consist of three full scores, including both the 1918 original and a revisedversion from 1949, as well as holograph changes to the 1949 revision; a holograph arrangementfor piano, 4 hands (1938); the composer's reduction of the first movement vocalise, with harpand piano accompaniment; and numerous sketches. Even a number of the printed scores ofCarpenter's music in the collection feature holograph annotations or alterations.

The bulk of the correspondence in the collection consists of letters from Carpenter to EllenBorden (Mrs. John Borden, also addressed as Mrs. Waller Borden), who became Carpenter'ssecond wife in 1933. This twenty-five year correspondence dates from approximately 1910 to1935, and although the letters are largely personal in nature, they do contain mention of variousspecific compositions and productions. The remaining correspondence is that written toCarpenter by various colleagues and friends, including George Whitefield Chadwick, PercyGrainger, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, and Walter Damrosch. There is also considerablecorrespondence from the 1940's between Carpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.

Carpenter's writings in the collection consist primarily of his program notes for works such asAdventures in a Perambulator, Skyscrapers, The Seven Ages, and the song cycle Gitanjali, aswell as the stage works Krazy Kat and The Birthday of the Infanta. Many of the typescript textsfor songs and dramatic works include emendations in Carpenter's hand as well. Other writingsinclude a typescript entitled The Art of the Theatre by designer Robert Edmund Jones, whoworked with Carpenter on a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated bookby Deems Taylor entitled Moments Mousical (1949), with drawings by Walter Kumme.

Of particular note are the numerous photographs and watercolors of the sets and costumes ofCarpenter's stage productions. These include photographs of the shadow puppets from Krazy Katand of both stage designs and stagings of The Birthday of the Infanta. Also from Birthday arenumerous ink and watercolor sketches of costume designs by Robert Edmund Jones. Twocharcoal drawings of Carpenter in the collection are also by Jones.

The remainder of the collection consists of a variety of biographical materials, programs, andclippings. Three large scrapbooks include not only clippings and programs but also photographsfrom the stage productions and letters received by Carpenter, all of which have been cross-referenced in the appropriate series in the container list.

Claudia J. Widgery, March 1993


Organization of the John Alden Carpenter CollectionThe John Alden Carpenter Collection is organized in 8 series:

• Personal Papers• Writings• Music• Photographs• Certificates & Honors• Programs• Scrapbooks• Clippings




Description of SeriesContainer SeriesBOX-FOLDER 1/1-3BOX-FOLDER 10/1

Personal Papers, 1891-1961

Biographical materials from the life of John Alden Carpenter.Arrangement is by format.

BOX 1-3BOX Ov 2BOX-FOLDER 10/2BOX-FOLDER Ov1/2BOX-FOLDER Ov1/6BOX-FOLDER Ov1/7

Writings, 1891-1961

The bulk of the correspondence in the collection consists of letters fromCarpenter to Ellen Borden (Mrs. John Borden, also addressed as Mrs.Waller Borden), who became Carpenter's second wife in 1933. Thistwenty-five year correspondence dates from approximately 1910 to1935, and although the letters are largely personal in nature, they docontain mention of various specific compositions and productions. Theremaining correspondence is that written to Carpenter by variouscolleagues and friends, including George Whitefield Chadwick, PercyGrainger, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, and Walter Damrosch.There is also considerable correspondence from the 1940's betweenCarpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.

Carpenter's writings in the collection consist primarily of his programnotes for works such as Adventures in a Perambulator, Skyscrapers,The Seven Ages, and the song cycle Gitanjali, as well as the stage worksKrazy Kat and The Birthday of the Infanta. Many of the typescript textsfor songs and dramatic works include emendations in Carpenter's handas well. Other writings include a typescript entitled The Art of theTheatre by designer Robert Edmund Jones, who worked with Carpenteron a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated bookby Deems Taylor entitled Moments Mousical (1949), with drawings byWalter Kumme.

Arrangement is by format, correspondent and chronologically.

BOX 4-9BOX-FOLDER Ov2/1

Music, 1904-1951

The bulk of the collection is the musical materials, primarily holographmanuscripts of Carpenter's songs, orchestral pieces, and dramaticworks. The holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs are perhapsthe most remarkable feature of the collection, as they include not onlyhis better-known works but also many that have never been published.Notable among these are numerous unpublished youthful works, suchas "Brother," "My Red Hair," and "My Horror," as well as several songsfrom the cycles Gitanjali and Water-Colors. Carpenter's chamber andorchestral works are well represented also. For many works thatCarpenter later arranged or revised, the collection contains both the


original and at least one revision. The materials for Birthday of theInfanta, for example, consist of three full scores, including both the1918 original and a revised version from 1949, as well as holographchanges to the 1949 revision; a holograph arrangement for piano, 4hands (1938); the composer's reduction of the first movement vocalise,with harp and piano accompaniment; and numerous sketches. Even anumber of the printed scores of Carpenter's music in the collectionfeature holograph annotations or alterations.

Carpenter's musical compositions include both songs and orchestralconcert and stage works. His earliest orchestral work, Adventures in aPerambulator, was written in 1914 and was the first of many successes.The ballet Skyscrapers (1923-24), performed at the Metropolitan OperaHouse in 1926, was one of the first attempts at a literal depiction ofmodern American urban life, and thus has been accorded a certainhistorical significance. Other stage works include a "jazz pantomime"entitled Krazy Kat (1921), based on the comic strip by GeorgeHerriman, and a ballet-pantomime with Spanish overtones, TheBirthday of the Infanta (1917). Carpenter was also considered anoutstanding composer of songs; of particular note are the song cyclesGitanjali (1913, orchestrated 1934), a setting of a collection of poemsby Rabindranath Tagore, and Water-colors (1916, orchestrated 1918),based on the writings of Confucius and other Chinese poets.Carpenter's commissions include Song of Faith (1932) for the GeorgeWashington Bicentennial in 1932, and the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidgecommissions of his String Quartet (1927) and Piano Quintet (1934).

Arrangement is by composer and title.

BOX-FOLDER3/33-37BOX-FOLDER10/3-6BOX-FOLDER Ov1/1

Photographs, 1891-1961

Of particular note are the numerous photographs and watercolors of thesets and costumes of Carpenter's stage productions. These includephotographs of the shadow puppets from Krazy Kat and of both stagedesigns and stagings of The Birthday of the Infanta. Also from Birthdayare numerous ink and watercolor sketches of costume designs byRobert Edmund Jones. Two charcoal drawings of Carpenter in thecollection are also by Jones.

Arrangement is by subject.

BOX-FOLDER 10/7BOX-FOLDER Ov1/2-5

Certificates & Honors, 1921-1961

Carpenter was a highly successful composer in his day, being named aKnight of the French Legion of Honor (1921) and receiving such honorsas the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He alsoreceived honorary degrees from Harvard University, NorthwesternUniversity, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Conservatoryof Music.

Arrangement is by genre.


BOX-FOLDER 3/38 Programs, 1913-1961Programs of performances dating 1913-1961.Arrangement is chronological.

BOX-FOLDER Ov1/6-7BOX Ov 2

Scrapbooks, 1900-1961

Scrapbooks (including letters, telegrams, programs, photographs,clippings, etc.)

Arrangement is chronological.

BOX-FOLDER 10/8 Clippings, 1891-1961Miscellaneous clippings from newspapers and other periodicals.Arrangement is by format.


Container List

Container Contents

BOX-FOLDER 1/1-3BOX-FOLDER 10/1

Personal Papers, 1891-1961

Biographical materials from the life of John Alden Carpenter.Arrangement is by format.

BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Biographical data (ms. and typed), incl. dates of compositions and data onfirst performances

BOX-FOLDER 1/2 School report cards, 1891-1892BOX-FOLDER 1/3BOX-FOLDER 10/1

Family papers (includes both ms. and typescript descriptions ofCarpenter's ancestors, as well as relevant correspondence, photographs,and clippings)

BOX 1-3BOX Ov 2BOX-FOLDER 10/2BOX-FOLDER Ov1/2BOX-FOLDER Ov1/6BOX-FOLDER Ov1/7

Writings, 1891-1961

The bulk of the correspondence in the collection consists of letters fromCarpenter to Ellen Borden (Mrs. John Borden, also addressed as Mrs.Waller Borden), who became Carpenter's second wife in 1933. Thistwenty-five year correspondence dates from approximately 1910 to1935, and although the letters are largely personal in nature, they docontain mention of various specific compositions and productions. Theremaining correspondence is that written to Carpenter by variouscolleagues and friends, including George Whitefield Chadwick, PercyGrainger, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, and Walter Damrosch.There is also considerable correspondence from the 1940's betweenCarpenter and his publisher, G. Schirmer.

Carpenter's writings in the collection consist primarily of his programnotes for works such as Adventures in a Perambulator, Skyscrapers,The Seven Ages, and the song cycle Gitanjali, as well as the stage worksKrazy Kat and The Birthday of the Infanta. Many of the typescript textsfor songs and dramatic works include emendations in Carpenter's handas well. Other writings include a typescript entitled The Art of theTheatre by designer Robert Edmund Jones, who worked with Carpenteron a number of his stage productions, and a humorous illustrated bookby Deems Taylor entitled Moments Mousical (1949), with drawings byWalter Kumme.

Arrangement is by format, correspondent and chronologically.

BOX-FOLDER 1/4-10BOX-FOLDER 10/2

Writings of John Alden Carpenter


BOX-FOLDER 1/4 "A Foreword to the Wise" (manuscript)BOX-FOLDER 1/5 "Words of Wisdom" (typescript)BOX-FOLDER 1/6-10BOX-FOLDER 10/2

Program Notes

Folders:• 1/6 Adventures in a Perambulator• 1/7 The Birthday of the Infanta• 1/8 Gitanjali• 1/9 Krazy Kat• 1/10 The Seven Ages• 10/2 Skyscrapers

BOX-FOLDER 1/11-20 Writings of Others

Jones, Robert EdmundBOX-FOLDER 1/11 The Art of the Theatre

[typescript]

Koo, T. Z. (compiler)BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Songs of Cathay: An anthology of songs current in various parts of

China among her people Shanghai, China: The Association Press, n.d.

Pierson, Thomas C.BOX-FOLDER 1/13 John Alden Carpenter

Dissertation proposal, Eastman School of Music, November 1951.

Taylor, DeemsBOX-FOLDER 1/14 Moments Mousical Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1949.

Drawings by Walter Kumme.

Young, StarkBOX-FOLDER 1/15 Somebody's Saint

[typescript]

BOX-FOLDER 1/16-20 Texts for Songs and Dramatic WorksFolders:• 1/16 Birthday of the Infanta [excerpts; manuscript and typescript]• 1/17 Hyacinth [incomplete; typescript]• 1/18 Khaki Sammy [typescript with pencil emendations in hand of

Carpenter]• 1/19 Song of Faith [typescript with title and attribution in hand of

Carpenter]• 1/20 Miscellaneous poetry [manuscript and typescript]

BOX-FOLDER 2/1-12BOX-FOLDER 3/1-7

Letters from John Alden Carpenter to Ellen Carpenter

Letters from John Alden Carpenter to Ellen Carpenter arranged inthe following categories by Ellen Carpenter (formerly Mrs.Waller Borden)

Writings, 1891-1961Container Contents


BOX-FOLDER 2/1 "Imagery and Humor"BOX-FOLDER 2/2-3 "Interest and Ideas"BOX-FOLDER 2/4 "Referring to Music"

Letters from John Alden Carpenter to Ellen Carpenter arrangedchronologically

BOX-FOLDER 2/5 1910-1922BOX-FOLDER 2/6-7 1923BOX-FOLDER 2/8-9 1924BOX-FOLDER 2/10-12 1925BOX-FOLDER 2/13 1926BOX-FOLDER 3/1 1927BOX-FOLDER 3/2 1928BOX-FOLDER 3/3 1929-1930BOX-FOLDER 3/4 1931-1935BOX-FOLDER 3/5-7 undated

BOX-FOLDER 3/8-32BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/2BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/6BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/7BOX Ov 2

Letters from the following correspondents to John Alden Carpenterarranged alphabetically

American Institute of Arts and Letterssee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

Barrère, Georgessee: Scrapbook, 1943-61

BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Benedek, Theodore AlfredBOX-FOLDER 3/9 Biancolli, [?]BOX-FOLDER 3/10 Bloch, Joseph

Cadman, Charles Wakefieldsee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

Cameron, Basilsee: Scrapbook, 1914-42

Chadwick, George Whitefieldsee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

BOX-FOLDER 3/11 Chasins, AbramCoolidge, Elizabeth Sprague

see: Scrapbook, 1914-42BOX-FOLDER 3/12 Copland, AaronBOX-FOLDER 3/13 Damrosch, Walter

See also: Scrapbook, 1943-61De Lamarter, Eric

see: Scrapbook, 1914-42BOX-FOLDER 3/14 Dumesnil, Maurice

Engel, Carlsee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

BOX-FOLDER 3/15 Fisher, Renée B.



BOX-FOLDER 3/16 Flagler, Harry H.Gilman, Lawrence

see: Scrapbook, 1914-42Gold, Julius

see: Scrapbook, 1900-33BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Golschmann, Vladimir

See also: Scrapbook, 1914-42BOX-FOLDER 3/18 Grainger, Percy Aldridge

See also: Scrapbook, 1943-61Gunn, Glenn Dillard

see: Scrapbook, 1900-33Harvard University

see: Scrapbook, 1900-33Hasselmann, C.

see: Scrapbook, 1900-33BOX-FOLDER 3/18a Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee

Janssen, Wernersee: Scrapbook, 1914-42see: Scrapbook, 1943-61

BOX-FOLDER 3/19 Jones, Robert EdmundKernochan, Marshall

see: Scrapbook, 1914-42BOX-FOLDER 3/20 Kindler, Hans

Koussevitzky, Sergesee: Scrapbook, 1943-61

Lewis, [John?] Hamiltonsee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

BOX-FOLDER 3/21 MacKinnon, Douglas A.BOX-FOLDER 3/22 Mueller, HerbBOX-FOLDER 3/23 N., "Hump" T.

Piatigorsky, Gregorsee: Scrapbook, 1943-61

Rodzinski, Artursee: Scrapbook, 1943-61

BOX-FOLDER 3/24 Roosevelt, Franklin DelanoBOX-FOLDER 3/25-27 G. Schirmer, Inc.BOX-FOLDER 3/28 Serkin, Rudolf

(to Mrs. Carpenter)Sousa, John Philip

see: Scrapbook, 1943-61BOX-FOLDER 3/29 Stock, Frederick A.

See also: Scrapbook, 1914-42BOX-FOLDER 3/30 Stokowski, Leopold

See also: Scrapbook, 1943-61See also: Degree certificates from: American Conservatory of Music,Chicago, IL

Stone, John Timothysee: Scrapbook, 1914-42

BOX-FOLDER 3/31 Swarthout, Gladys



U. S. George Washington Bicentennial Commissionsee: Scrapbook, 1914-42

BOX-FOLDER 3/32 University of RochesterSee also: Scrapbook, 1943-61

Walter, Brunosee: Scrapbook, 1914-42

Young, Stevesee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

Ziehn, Bernardsee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

Ziehn, Emmasee: Scrapbook, 1900-33

BOX 4-9BOX-FOLDER Ov2/1

Music, 1904-1951

The bulk of the collection is the musical materials, primarily holographmanuscripts of Carpenter's songs, orchestral pieces, and dramaticworks. The holograph manuscripts of Carpenter's songs are perhapsthe most remarkable feature of the collection, as they include not onlyhis better-known works but also many that have never been published.Notable among these are numerous unpublished youthful works, suchas "Brother," "My Red Hair," and "My Horror," as well as several songsfrom the cycles Gitanjali and Water-Colors. Carpenter's chamber andorchestral works are well represented also. For many works thatCarpenter later arranged or revised, the collection contains both theoriginal and at least one revision. The materials for Birthday of theInfanta, for example, consist of three full scores, including both the1918 original and a revised version from 1949, as well as holographchanges to the 1949 revision; a holograph arrangement for piano, 4hands (1938); the composer's reduction of the first movement vocalise,with harp and piano accompaniment; and numerous sketches. Even anumber of the printed scores of Carpenter's music in the collectionfeature holograph annotations or alterations.

Carpenter's musical compositions include both songs and orchestralconcert and stage works. His earliest orchestral work, Adventures in aPerambulator, was written in 1914 and was the first of many successes.The ballet Skyscrapers (1923-24), performed at the Metropolitan OperaHouse in 1926, was one of the first attempts at a literal depiction ofmodern American urban life, and thus has been accorded a certainhistorical significance. Other stage works include a "jazz pantomime"entitled Krazy Kat (1921), based on the comic strip by GeorgeHerriman, and a ballet-pantomime with Spanish overtones, TheBirthday of the Infanta (1917). Carpenter was also considered anoutstanding composer of songs; of particular note are the song cyclesGitanjali (1913, orchestrated 1934), a setting of a collection of poemsby Rabindranath Tagore, and Water-colors (1916, orchestrated 1918),based on the writings of Confucius and other Chinese poets.Carpenter's commissions include Song of Faith (1932) for the GeorgeWashington Bicentennial in 1932, and the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidgecommissions of his String Quartet (1927) and Piano Quintet (1934).

Arrangement is by composer and title.



BOX 4-8BOX-FOLDER Ov 2/1

Manuscripts, 1913-1949

BOX-FOLDER 4/1 About my gardenHolograph score ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Ad domnulam suamHolograph score, incomplete ; [1] p.on p. 1: May 1913MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Adventures in a perambulatorHolograph score, revised version ; 105 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 1)

BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Adventures in a perambulatorHolograph piano score, incomplete ; [8] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 1)

BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Aged womanHolograph score ; [2] p.on p. 1: Feb. 7-15MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/5 America the beautifulHolograph score ; [1] p.on p. 1: Sunday, May 27-28MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

The anxious buglerHolograph full score ; 26 p.at end: Beverly, Aug. '43

BOX-FOLDER 4/6 BerceuseHolograph piano score, incomplete ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 BerceuseHolograph full score ; 32 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 The birthday of the infantaHolograph full score, with emendations in red and blue pencil ; [184]

p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 3)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 The birthday of the infantaHolograph sketch, condensed score ; [20], 44, [6] p.at end of p. 44: Finished 8/20/18

Music, 1904-1951Container Contents


MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 4)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 [The birthday of the infanta ; arr.]Holograph score for piano, 4 hands, in ink and photocopy ; 44 p.Uniform title: The birthday of the infanta ; arr.at end: This revision 1938.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 5)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 [The birthday of the infanta ; arr.]Holograph piano score ; 45 p.Uniform title: The birthday of the infanta ; arr.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 6)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 [The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2]Holograph full score ; 60 p.Uniform title: The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 7)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 [The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2]See also: [Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta,and an unidentified instrumental piece. 191-.] (Mfm.# 3/34)Holograph full score, in ink and part photocopy ; 60 p.Uniform title: The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2At end: This arrangement 1949. Chicago and Carmel, Calif.Inserted: two copies of the composer's reduction of the vocalise in the

1st movement, with harp and piano acc. (4 p. each)Uniform title: The birthday of the infanta. Suite, no. 2Laid in: Changes in orchestral score and parts by the composer in ink

(7 p.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 8)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Blue galHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.on t.p.: 1st version. 1941.at end: Nov. '41 ChicagoLaid in: Holograph sketch with additional verses (1 l.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 39)

BOX-FOLDER 4/7 [Blue gal ; arr.]Holograph full score ; 16 p.arr. for mezzo-soprano & orchestraat end: May '43Uniform title: Blue gal ; arr.Laid in: typescript of textMUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 40)

BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Bright truth is still our leaderHolograph piano-vocal score ; [1] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)



BOX-FOLDER 4/9 BrotherHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; 3 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER Ov 2/1 Canterbury bellsHolograph piano-vocal score ; 1 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Carmel concertoHolograph, in ink, with corrections in pencil ; 45 p.at end: Jan. to June '48. Carmel, Chicago, Beverly.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 9)

BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Chanson d'automneHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Les cheminées rougesHolograph piano-vocal score ; [10] p.on p. 1: Feb. 1922MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/12 Les cheminées rougesSee also: Le petit cimetièreHolograph piano-vocal score ; 6 p.at end: 11/14/34MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/13 Chevaux de boisHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/14 Le cielHolograph piano-vocal sketch ; 2 p.at end: John darling, do not forget your wife over seas. I will return.

Bless you. Hazel.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/15 The cock shall crowHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/16 Cold songHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/17 ComeCopyist's piano-vocal score ; 6 p.on t.p.: June 1914MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)



BOX-FOLDER 4/17 Concertino, pianoHolograph full score, in ink, with blue and red pencil additions and

corrections ; 80 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 10)

BOX-FOLDER 4/18 Concertino, pianoHolograph two-piano score, incomplete ; p. 17-58

BOX-FOLDER 4/19 Concertino, piano New York: G. Schirmer, 1920.Printed two-piano score, with emendations in red ink ; 65 p.on p. 1, in red ink: Revised 1949Laid in: holograph list of changes and corrections to be made in two-

piano score ; 2 p.Laid in: multiple copies (pos. & neg.) of optional cuts for p. 58-9

BOX-FOLDER 4/19 Concertino, pianoSee also: [Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous] (Mfm.# 5/66)Holograph short score of cadenza (optional) ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 11)

BOX-FOLDER 4/19 Concerto, violinHolograph full score ; 52 p.at end: Eze-Beverly, March-September '36MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 12)

BOX-FOLDER 4/19 [Concerto, violin ; arr.]Holograph score, with corrected sections (partly photocopy), pasted

in ; 23 p.arr. for violin & pianoUniform title: Concerto, violin ; arr.at end: Eze Village-Beverly, March-Sept. 1936MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 12)

The cryin' bluessee: Jazz boyssee: Shake your brown feet, honey

BOX-FOLDER 4/19 Dance suiteHolograph full score ; 13, 18, 28 p.at end of 1st mvmt.: Feb. '43at end of 2nd mvmt.: March '43MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 13)

BOX-FOLDER 4/20 Dansons la gigue!Holograph piano-vocal sketch (fragment) : [1] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/20 DanzaHolograph piano score ; 5 p.



on t.p.: Original piano scoreat end: August '35. Pride's Crossing.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 60)

BOX-FOLDER 4/20 DanzaPhotocopy of holograph piano score ; 5 p.:Call no.: ML 96.5.C33

BOX-FOLDER 4/21 Dawn in IndiaHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p. [two copies]MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/22 DiscontentHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/23 DittyHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 4/24 Don't ceäreCopyist's piano-vocal score ; 7 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/25 Dutch danceCopyist's piano score ; 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 4/26 En sourdineHolograph piano-vocal score ; 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/26 En sourdineHolograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 4/26 Endlose LiebeHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)

BOX-FOLDER 4/27 Endlose LiebeHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)

BOX-FOLDER 4/28 Endlose LiebeCopyist's piano-vocal score ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 41)

BOX-FOLDER 4/28 Fanfarette - Berceuse for RichardHolograph full score ; [1] l.



at end: For Halina, Artur and Richard. God bless you all. J.A.C. HobeSound, Fla., Feb. '45


BOX-FOLDER 5/1 The faun. Act II, p. 36; Act III, p. 32; Suffragette MarchHolograph piano score ; 13 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/1 The faun. Act II, p. 36; Act III, p. 32; Suffragette MarchHolograph piano score ; 20 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2 The faun. Act II (Page 36)Holograph full score ; [13] p.on p. 1: "The Heart of Nature"MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2 The faun. Suffragette MarchHolograph full score ; 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2 The faun. [Untitled]Holograph full score ; 11 p.on p. 1, with incipit: Faun themeMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2 The faun. Act III (Page 32)Holograph full score ; 11 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2a The faun. [Untitled]Holograph full score, incomplete ; [1], 83 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/2a The faun. [Untitled]Copyist's first violin part ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 59)

BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Fog wraithsHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Four seasonsHolograph sketches ; [23 p.]MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/5 From hill and plainHolograph sketches ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)



BOX-FOLDER 5/6 From a tree-topHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; 3 p.title crossed outMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Gentle Jesus, meek and mildHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2], [1] p.also 3 photocopies (2 pos., 1 neg.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/7 [Gitanjali; arr.]Holograph full score ; [72] p.Uniform title: Gitanjali; arr.arr. for orch; acc. orig. for pianoMUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)

BOX-FOLDER 5/7 [Gitanjali; arr.]Copyist's ms. of full score, with emendations in composer's hand; [82]

p.Uniform title: Gitanjali; arr.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)

BOX-FOLDER 5/7 [Gitanjali; arr.]Holograph full score of revised arr.Uniform title: Gitanjali; arr.at end: Aug. 15th '34. Chicago, Pride's Crossing.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 42)

BOX-FOLDER 5/7a [Gitanjali. No. 6 ; fragment]Holograph sketch, pencil ; [1] p.Uniform title: Gitanjali. No. 6 ; fragmentMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 66)

BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Go, lovely roseHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/9 The green riverHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/10 The green riverHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/11 The heart's countryHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)



BOX-FOLDER 5/12 Her voiceHolograph piano-vocal score ; [5] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/13 The hermit crabHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.at end: January 1929also: positive and negative photostatsMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/13 HighwaymenHolograph piano-vocal score ; 2 p.on p. 1: May 7th, '16Deposit of the National Federation of Music Clubs:Call no.: ML 96.N22CMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 56)

BOX-FOLDER 5/14 How to danceHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/15 IfHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.at end: Dec. '34MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/16 Il pleure dans mon coeurHolograph piano-vocal sketch ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/16 Il pleure dans mon coeurCopyist's piano-vocal score ; 5 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/17 ImpromptuHolograph piano score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 5/18 Jazz boysSee also: Shake your brown feet, honeyReproduced from holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.bound with: Midnight Nan ([3] p.), The cryin' blues ([2] p.), and Shake

your brown feet, honey ([4] p.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/20 Khaki SammyHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.on p. 1, at top: August 20, '17on p. 1, at bottom: (Copyright applied for by John A. Carpenter)

8/20/17




BOX-FOLDER 5/20 Krazy Kat ; a jazz-pantomime.Holograph full score, revised version ; 58 p.Scenario by George Herriman. 1939.at end: Dec. '39MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 15)

BOX-FOLDER 5/20 [Krazy Kat ; arr.]Holograph piano-vocal score ; [15] p.Uniform title: Krazy Kat ; arr.arr. for voice and pianoon p. [1]: May-Sept. 1921MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 16)

BOX-FOLDER 5/20 [Krazy Kat ; arr.]Holograph piano-vocal score, revised version ; 15 p.Uniform title: Krazy Kat ; arr.at end: Jan. 2nd-12th-'40MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 16)

BOX-FOLDER 5/21 Land of mineHolograph piano-vocal score and sketch ; [1], [1] p.on p. 1: Aug. 4 '17MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/22 Little flyHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 5/23 Little heathen boysHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/24 Little heathen boysPrinter's proofs ; [4] p.not filmed

BOX-FOLDER 5/25 Little niggerHolograph piano score ; [3] p.on p. 1: April 9th '16MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 5/26 The little prayers of IHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/27 The little turtleHolograph piano-vocal score in blue ink ; [2] p.on p. 1: November 1926




BOX-FOLDER 5/28 Love in the valleyHolograph score, incomplete (vocal part only) ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 6/1 The marshes of GlynnHolograph piano-vocal score and sketches ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/2 May the maidenHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 6/3 MemoryHolograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 65)

BOX-FOLDER 6/4 MenuetHolograph full score ; 4 p.on p. 1: Jan. 1923MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)

BOX-FOLDER 6/4 MenuetHolograph instrumental parts ; 1 p., 1 p., 1 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 67)

BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Midnight NanSee also: Jazz boysHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 43)

BOX-FOLDER 6/5 MiniatureHolograph score for violin & piano ; 3 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 6/6 Mistress mineReproduced from copyist's piano-vocal score ; 2 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/6 Morning fairHolograph piano-vocal score ; 5 p.at end: Jan. '35MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 44)

BOX-FOLDER 6/7 Morning fairOzalid of holograph score ; 5 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)



BOX-FOLDER 6/8 Mountain! Mountain!Copyist's piano-vocal score in blue ink ; [2] p.on p. 1: November 1926MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/8 Mountain! Mountain!Copyist's piano-vocal score in black ink, with typed text ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/9 The music doctor's bluesHolograph score for violin and piano ; 3 p.on p. 1: June 14th - '28at end: We thank you!also positive and negative photostatsMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 6/9 Music IIHolograph score ; 1 v. (unpaged)[Sketchbook of chorales, harmonic exercises, and songs for student

work at Harvard University], 1894-97MUSIC 1856 (reel 1, item 17)

BOX-FOLDER 6/10 My horrorHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 6/11 My planHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/12 My red hairHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/13 The mysterySee also: [Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous] (Mfm.# 5/66)Holograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.on p. 1: May 1915

BOX-FOLDER 6/13 Slumber-song. 1943.Holograph full score ; 13 p.Uniform title: Night songs. Slumber-song ; arr.arr. for voice & orchestraat end: May '43MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 45)

BOX-FOLDER 6/14 Norse lullabyHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.on p. 1: Copyright 1895 by H. B. StevensMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)



BOX-FOLDER 6/15 The odalisqueHolograph piano-vocal score ; 5 p.on p. 1: January '16MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 5/18 Oil and vinegar ; for jazz orchestra. 1926.Holograph full score ; 29 p.at end: 6/25/26MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 18)

BOX-FOLDER 5/19 Oil and vinegar ; for jazz orchestra. 1926.Negative photostat of holograph full score ; 29 p.at end: 6/25/26MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 18)

BOX-FOLDER 6/15 On a screenHolograph piano-vocal score ; 2 p.

BOX-FOLDER 6/15 Patterns. 1930-32.Holograph full score ; 41 p.at end: Begun Mar.-April 1930. Completed May-July 1932.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 19)

BOX-FOLDER 6/16 The penitentHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [1] p.on p. 1: August 26th - '20MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 6/17 Le petit cimetièreHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.at end: March 1923also negative photostat of first page of musicMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/18 Le petit cimetièreHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.at end: Sept. '34MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/18 Le petit cimitière [and] Les cheminées rougesPhotocopy of holograph score, with composer's corrections ; 3, 6 p.at end: 11/14/34MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 47)

BOX-FOLDER 6/19 Petite suiteReproduced from copyist's piano score ; 5 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)



BOX-FOLDER 6/19 A pilgrim visionHolograph full score ; 35 p.on p. 1: September 1920MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 20)

BOX-FOLDER 6/20 Polonaise AmericaineSee also: [Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous] (Mfm.# 5/58)Holograph piano score ; [3] p.on p. 1: Dec. 1912MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 6/20 The pools of peaceHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] l.at end: Dec. 1934MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 48)

BOX-FOLDER 6/21 The pools of peaceCopyist's piano-vocal score ; [3] p.

BOX-FOLDER 6/22 Prelude and fugueHolograph piano score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 6/23 A protestHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 6/23 Quintet, piano & stringsHolograph score in pencil ; 43 p.:Call no.: ML 29c.C3MUSIC 1 (reel 1770)

BOX-FOLDER 6/23 Quintet, piano & stringsHolograph score in ink and (33 p.) and reproduced copyist's ms. partson t.p.: Original work written at Algiers, Fev.-Mar. '33. First played at

Coolidge Festival, Pittsfield, Mass. ('33)at end: Beverly, Chicago, Carmel, '46-'47:Call no.: ML 29c.C3MUSIC 1 (reel 1770)

BOX-FOLDER 6/23 Quintet, piano & stringsHolograph full score of opening pages ; 4 p.on t.p.: To Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Algiers 2/8/34.at end: 3/24/34MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 21)

BOX-FOLDER 6/24 Quintet, piano & stringsOzalid of holograph full score, revised version, with holograph

pasteovers ; 33 p.at end, in ink: Beverly, Chicago, Carmel, '46-'47




BOX-FOLDER 6/24 The home road.Holograph full score ; 4 p.Orchestration by Eric DeLamarter.laid in: Printed piano-vocal score (1 p.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 49)

BOX-FOLDER 6/24 The home road.Arranger's ms. ; [6] p.Arranged by Eric DeLamarterMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 49)

BOX-FOLDER 6/25 SchifferliedCopyist's piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 6/25 Sea driftHolograph full score ; 30 p.at end: Eze-Pride's Crossing. Feb.-Sep. 1933.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 23)

BOX-FOLDER 6/25 Sea driftPhotocopy of holograph full score ; 30 p.Call no.: ML 96.5.C33MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 23)

BOX-FOLDER 6/25 Sea driftHolograph condensed score ; 12 p.On t.p.: Original sketch. 1933.at end: Eze-Prides' '33Inserted: holograph sketch in pencil, [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 24)

BOX-FOLDER 6/26 SehnsuchtHolograph piano score ; [1] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 6/26 SehnsuchtHolograph piano score ; [1] p.also includes: unidentified piano piece (3 p.)MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 6/27 SerenadeReproduced from copyist's piano score ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 6/27 The seven agesHolograph full score ; 74 p.at end: Hobe Sound, Chicago, Beverly, Feb.-July 1945.




BOX-FOLDER 6/28 Shake your brown feet, honeySee also: Jazz boysHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.bound with: The cryin' blues ([2] p.), Jazz boys ([3] p.), and That

soothin' song ([2] p.)on p. 1: March 1926MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

Silhouettessee: [Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.]

BOX-FOLDER 6/28 [Sketches of an unidentified symphony and Skyscrapers. 1920-22.]Holograph score ; 1 v.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 37)

BOX-FOLDER 6/28 [Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta, and anunidentified instrumental piece. 191-.]Holograph score ; 1 v.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 34)

BOX-FOLDER 6/28 SkyscrapersHolograph full score ; [92] p.on t. p.: 1923-24MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 26)

BOX-FOLDER 6/28 SkyscrapersSee also: [Sketches of an unidentified symphony and Skyscrapers.1920-22]Reproduced from holograph full score, with composer's ms.

emendations ; 2 scores (54 p. each)MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 27)

BOX-FOLDER 6/29 Sleep ma honey, sleepHolograph sketch (vocal part only) ; [1] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

Slumber-songsee: [Night songs. Slumber-song ; arr.]

BOX-FOLDER 6/30 [Sonata, piano, A major]Holograph piano score and sketches ; [12] p.Uniform title: Sonata, piano, A majorMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)

[Sonata, piano, G minor]Holograph piano score ; [23] p.Uniform title: Sonata, piano, G minorat top: 1897MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)



BOX-FOLDER 6/31 [Sonata, piano, G minor]Copyist's piano score ; 9 p., 4 p., 6 p.Uniform title: Sonata, piano, G minoron cover: Graduation Exercise, Music Dept., Harvard College, 1897MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 28)

BOX-FOLDER 7/1 [Sonata, violin & piano]Holograph score for violin & piano ; 35 p.Uniform title: Sonata, violin & pianoMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 [Sonata, violin & piano]Copyist's score for violin & piano, with holograph pasteovers ; 39 p.Uniform title: Sonata, violin & pianoMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 [Sonata, violin & piano]Copyist's violin part, with pencilled emendations by the composer ; 14

p.Uniform title: Sonata, violin & pianoMUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 29)

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 A song for IllinoisHolograph full score ; 12 p.at end: Jan. 8-17, 1941.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 30)

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Song of DavidHolograph full score, incomplete ; 2 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 31)

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Song of faithHolograph full score ; 39 p.on p. 1: Aug.-Oct. '31Laid in: typescript of textMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 50)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Song of faithHolograph full score ; 40 p.on t.p.: Revised 1937Laid in: 2 p. holograph additionsMUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 51)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Song of faithReproduced from holograph, with composer's ms. revisions and

additions, written or pasted in ; 39 p.at end: Revised Feb. '36MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 51)



BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Song of freedomHolograph full score ; 35 p.at end: Oct.-Dec. '41. Beverly-Chicago.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 52)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Song of freedomHolograph condensed score ; 7, 7 p.at end: Beverly, Oct. '41MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 53)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 [Song of freedom ; arr.]Holograph piano-vocal score with text underlay ; [2], [2] p.at end: Nov. 41, Beverly - ChicagoNegative and positive photostatsUniform title: Song of freedom ; arr.Call no.: ML 96.5.C33MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 54)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 SilhouettesHolograph full score ; 11 p.Uniform title: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.at end: May '43MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 55)

BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Songs of silenceHolograph piano-vocal score ; [6] p.Uniform title: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.at end: Pride's Crossing, Aug. '34MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/4 Songs of silencePositive photocopy of holograph score ; 2, 3 p.Uniform title: Songs (1913) Les silhouettes ; arr.

BOX-FOLDER 7/5 The spider and the ghost of the flyHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [1] p.on p. 1: Nov. '14MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 7/6 Spring joysHolograph score ; [3] p.on p. 1: March '16MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/7 [Suite for small orchestra]Holograph full score ; 28, 51 p.Uniform title: Suite for small orchestraMUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)



BOX-FOLDER 7/7 [Symphony no. 1]Holograph full score, 1916-17 version ; 1 v. (various pagings)on verso of t.p.: Sermons in stonesUniform title: Symphony no. 1at head of p. [1]: Begun July 31-16at end: Finished March 6th-17.also: corrections, 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 2, item 32)

BOX-FOLDER 7/7 [Symphony no. 1]See also: [Sketches of the symphony no. 1, The birthday of the infanta,and an unidentified instrumental piece. 191-.] (Mfm.# 3/34)Holograph full score, 1940 revised version ; 72 p.on p. 1: Begun 1/18/40Uniform title: Symphony no. 1at end: Santa Barbara-Chicago. Jan.-April '40.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 33)

BOX-FOLDER 7/7 Symphony II.Holograph full score, 1941-41 version (incomplete) ; 46 p.Uniform title: Symphony no. 2MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 35)

BOX-FOLDER 7/7 Symphony II.Holograph full score, 1947 rev. version, with composer's emendations

pasted in ; 86 p.Uniform title: Symphony no. 2at end: Sunset Hill, Beverly, Mass. July-October '41.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 36)

BOX-FOLDER 7/8 Terre promiseHolograph piano-vocal score ; 3 p.on p. 1: June '13MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

That soothin' songsee: Shake your brown feet, honey

BOX-FOLDER 7/9 ThoughtsHolograph piano-vocal score ; [2] p.on p. 1: May '20MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/10 The thunderstormHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil ; [1] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/11 To a young gentlemanHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.on p. 1: January '16




BOX-FOLDER 7/12 To one unknownHolograph piano-vocal score ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/13 Treat me nice, Miss Mandy JaneHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 7/14 Triste était mon ameHolograph piano-vocal score ; [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/14 Triste était mon ameHolograph piano-vocal sketch ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/14 Triste était mon ameCopyist's piano-vocal score ; 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 7/15 Twilight reverieHolograph piano score ; [4] p.on p. 1, at bottom: Copyright 1894 by Miles & Thompson, M. & T.

572-4MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 7/16 Two little piecesCopyist's score for violin and piano ; 7 p., 9 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 7/17-18 [Unidentified harmonic exercises, canons, fugues, etc.]Holograph sketches ; various pagingsMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 65)

BOX-FOLDER 8/1 [Unidentified instrumental works]Holograph sketches and score fragments for various chamber and

orchestral instrumental combinations ; various pagingsMUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38;5/67)

BOX-FOLDER 8/2 [Unidentified piano works]Holograph scores and sketches ; various pagingsMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 62)

BOX-FOLDER 8/3-7 [Unidentified sketches, miscellaneous]Holograph sketches ; various pagingsMUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 66)



BOX-FOLDER 8/3-7 [Unidentified works for violin & piano]Holograph score for violin & piano, incomplete ; 12 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 3, item 38)

BOX-FOLDER 8/8 [Unidentified works for violin & piano]Holograph scores for violin & piano, incomplete ; [2], [3] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 64)MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58;5/64)

BOX-FOLDER 8/9 Die vier JahreszeitenHolograph piano-vocal score ; [6] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 8/9a Die vier JahreszeitenHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 8/10 Die vier JahreszeitenHolograph sketch ; [4] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 8/10 Die vier JahreszeitenHolograph piano-vocal score in purple pencil; [10] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 8/11 Die vier JahreszeitenCopyist's piano-vocal score ; 9 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 8/12 WaltzHolograph piano score (primo part only) [purple clefs] ; [5 p.]MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 61)

BOX-FOLDER 8/13 Water colorsHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; 4 p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 8/13 Water-colours ; Chinese tone poems for small orchestra and mezzo-soprano not presentHolograph full score ; 26 p.Uniform title: Water colors ; arr.

BOX-FOLDER 8/14 When the night comesHolograph piano-vocal score, incomplete ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 58)

BOX-FOLDER 8/15 When you unfold the red, red roseCopyist's score ; 2 p.




BOX-FOLDER 8/16 WorldsHolograph score ; 2 p.at end: Dec. 1934MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 8/17 The Wrigley wriggleCopyist's score[?] for violin & piano with holograph signature ; [2] p.on verso: Spain by Jerom Levy (violin and piano parts) ; [2] p.MUSIC 1856 (reel 5, item 63)

BOX-FOLDER 8/18 Young man chieftanPhotostats (positive and negative) of holograph score ; 4 p.at end: January 1929MUSIC 1856 (reel 4, item 57)

BOX-FOLDER 8/19-21BOX-FOLDER 9/1-8

Printed Music, 1904-1951

BOX-FOLDER 8/19 Alpaerts, FlorJames Ensor suite Brussels: Huis Schott, 1951.

Bound reproduction of manuscript

Carpenter, John AldenBOX-FOLDER 8/20 Frei erfundener Canon

Printer's proofs, p. 200-202.also includes: Ziehn, Bernard. Variation des Canons von John A.

Carpenter.

BOX-FOLDER 8/21 Sea Drift New York: G. Schirmer, 1936.

BOX-FOLDER 9/1-2 Skyscrapers. A ballet of modern American life. Orchestral score,condensed concert version New York: G. Schirmer, 1927.Red and blue annotations. [2 copies]Laid in: Cuts for concert performance (typewritten) and table of

durations (manuscript)

BOX-FOLDER 9/3 Song of faith New York: G. Schirmer, 1939.Pl. no. 35560.

BOX-FOLDER 9/4 Song of freedom New York: G. Schirmer, 1942.

Carpenter, John Alden and Rue CarpenterBOX-FOLDER 9/5 When little boys sing Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1904.

BOX-FOLDER 9/6 Guilbert, Yvette (compiler)Chansons de la vieille France. Paris: Librairie Félix Juven, n.d.

Harmonized by Maurice Duhamel.



BOX-FOLDER 9/7 Honegger, ArthurRugby Paris: Editions Maurice Senart, 1929.

Holograph dedication to Madame Ellen Borden

BOX-FOLDER 9/8 Spalding, Walter R.Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house. op. 10 Boston: Arthur P.

Schmidt, 1937.Holograph dedication: to John with greetings from Walter

BOX-FOLDER3/33-37BOX-FOLDER10/3-6BOX-FOLDER Ov1/1

Photographs, 1891-1961

Of particular note are the numerous photographs and watercolors of thesets and costumes of Carpenter's stage productions. These includephotographs of the shadow puppets from Krazy Kat and of both stagedesigns and stagings of The Birthday of the Infanta. Also from Birthdayare numerous ink and watercolor sketches of costume designs byRobert Edmund Jones. Two charcoal drawings of Carpenter in thecollection are also by Jones.

Arrangement is by subject.

BOX-FOLDER 3/33BOX-FOLDER 10/3

John Alden Carpenter alone

BOX-FOLDER 3/34BOX-FOLDER 10/3a

John Alden Carpenter and others

BOX-FOLDER 3/35 Family of John Alden CarpenterProductions:

BOX-FOLDER 10/4 Birthday of the Infanta [production stills, set designs]BOX-FOLDER 3/36BOX-FOLDER 10/4a

Krazy Kat [production stills]

BOX-FOLDER 3/37 SkyscrapersBOX-FOLDER 10/5 Birthday of the Infanta - Sketches for costumes (pencil, ink and paint)BOX-FOLDER 10/6 Robert Edmund Jones. 2 portraits of John Alden Carpenter (charcoal)BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/1 Santa Claus graphic (in color, printed on board)

BOX-FOLDER 10/7BOX-FOLDER Ov1/2-5

Certificates & Honors, 1921-1961

Carpenter was a highly successful composer in his day, being named aKnight of the French Legion of Honor (1921) and receiving such honorsas the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He alsoreceived honorary degrees from Harvard University, NorthwesternUniversity, the University of Wisconsin, and the American Conservatoryof Music.

Arrangement is by genre.

Degree certificates from:



BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/2 American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, ILBOX-FOLDER Ov 1/3 Harvard University, Cambridge, MABOX-FOLDER 10/7 Northwestern University, Chicago, ILBOX-FOLDER 10/7 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Membership certificates from:

BOX-FOLDER 10/7 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MABOX-FOLDER 10/7 National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Honors from:

BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/4 French Legion of HonorBOX-FOLDER Ov 1/5 Unidentified (Slavic language)

BOX-FOLDER 3/38 Programs, 1913-1961Programs of performances dating 1913-1961.Arrangement is chronological.

BOX-FOLDER 3/38 Programs, 1913-1961 (formerly in scrapbooks)

BOX-FOLDER Ov1/6-7BOX Ov 2

Scrapbooks, 1900-1961

Scrapbooks (including letters, telegrams, programs, photographs,clippings, etc.)

Arrangement is chronological.

BOX Ov 2 1900-1933BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/6 1914-1942BOX-FOLDER Ov 1/7 1943-1961

BOX-FOLDER 10/8 Clippings, 1891-1961Miscellaneous clippings from newspapers and other periodicals.Arrangement is by format.

BOX-FOLDER 10/8 Miscellaneous clippings from newspapers and other periodicals

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